Drawing polygons

I am new to the forum. I have read the thread about another user that wanted to draw a polygon and when he tried all he could get is triangles. Below is the original post and replies.

Hi,  How do you draw a polygon, I need to draw a regular hexagon but if I use the Draw, Line, Polygon function all it draws are triangles!

This is first reply:  An extra tab appears where you can set the numbers of edges.

Second reply:  Hello,

I just replied to your post "Drawing lines at an angle", if you follow my advise on Tool Options you will find how to set the number of sides you want.


I have read the post "Drawing lines at an angle". I saw the screen shots and I do not see "An extra tab" or an option on " how to set the number of sides". I am using ver 2.1.3.

Above the drawing area there is the tool options bar, it changes content according to the used tool: